2015–16 UMBC Retrievers men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2015–16 UMBC Retrievers UMBC Athletics wordmark.png 200 America East Conference America East 7–25 3–13 Aki Thomas 4th John Zito Frankie Allen Brian Johnson Retriever Activities Center The 2015–16 UMBC Retrievers men's basketball team represented the University of Maryland, Baltimore County during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Retrievers, led by fourth-year head coach Aki Thomas, played their home games at the Retriever Activities Center and were members of the America East Conference. They finished the season 7–25, 3–13 in America East play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the America East tournament to Stony Brook. On March 3, head coach Aki Thomas was fired.https://www.baltimoresun.com/2016/03/03/umbc-basketball-coach-aki-thomas-fired/ UMBC basketball coach Aki Thomas fired He finished at UMBC with a four-year record of 28–95. Previous season The Retrievers finished the season 4–26, 2–14 in America East play to finish in a tie for eighth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the America East tournament to Vermont. Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Aaron Morgan 0 G 5'11" 185 Junior Washington, PA Transferred Wayne Sparow 4 G 6'3" 195 GS Senior Baltimore, MD Graduated Charles Taylor, Jr. 11 G/F 6'4" 185 Sophomore Silver Spring, MD Transferred to Jackson State Devarick Houston 23 F 6'7" 195 Senior Jonesboro, GA Graduated Malik Garner 33 F 6'6" 225 Junior Philadelphia, PA Graduate transferred to Bloomsburg Lamell Washington 40 F 6'6" 205 Freshman Frederick, MD Transferred to Seton Hill 2015 incoming recruits no no 2015 Daquon Ervin #95 PG Brooklyn, NY Northfield-Mt. Hermon School 6 0 03/21/2015 0 0 62 Joel Wincowski #149 PG Lake George, NY Lake George High School 6 2 175 09/15/2014 0 0 56 Nolan Gerrity PF Berea, OH Berea-Midpark High School 6 10 225 11/16/2014 0 0 NR Samson Schwietz PF Frisco, TX Johnson Ferry Christian Academy 6 8 11/17/2014 0 0 NR Joe Sherburne SF Whitefish Bay, WI Brewster Academy 6 6 205 03/11/2015 0 0 NR 2015 UMBC 2015 Basketball Commitments 2015 UMBC Basketball Commits ESPN Recruiting Nation Basketball 2015-10-12 yes Roster 2015 UMBC Retrievers y y Daquon Ervin 0 G 6 0 185 FR Brooklyn, NY Northfield Mount Hermon Rodney Elliott 1 G 6 0 190 SO y Baltimore, MD John Carroll Malcolm L. Brent 2 G 6 5 190 SO Silver Spring, MD Kimball Union Academy Ben Grace 3 G 5 10 185 JR Baltimore, MD The Gilman School W Joel Wincowski 4 G 6 2 200 FR Lake George, NY Lake George Jourdan Grant 5 G 6 2 185 SO Bowie, MD Archbishop Spalding Jairus Lyles y 10 G 6 2 175 SO y Silver Spring, MD DeMatha Will Darley 12 G 6 8 205 JR Timonium, MD Dulaney/Fishburne Academy Joe Sherburne y 13 G 6 6 210 FR Whitefish Bay, WI Whitefish Bay Ishmail Jabbie 15 G 6 3 170 FR Bowie, MD Eleanor Roosevelt W Sam Schwietz 21 F/C 6 9 235 FR Frisco, TX Johnson Ferry Christian Acad. Nolan Gerrity 23 F/C 6 10 225 FR Cleveland, OH Barea-Midpark Jakob Stenhede 41 F 6 10 205 SO Gothenburg, Sweden Lerums Gymnasium Cody Joyce 42 F 6 8 235 SR Churchton, MD Southern Ryan Odom (Howard) John Zito (UMBC) Frankie Allen (Roanoke College) Brian Johnson (Delaware) http://www.umbcretrievers.com/sports/mbkb/2015-16/roster Schedule 2015-16 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2015 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#000000; color:#ffb210;"| Exhibition 11/06/2015 7:00 pm yes Frostburg State Retriever Activities Center Catonsville, MD   92–76 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#000000; color:#ffb210;"| Non-conference regular season 11/13/2015 8:00 pm yes yes Wake Forest LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC Maui Invitational tournament 6,904 ESPN3 73–78 0–1 11/16/2015 7:00 pm yes yes St. John's Carnesecca Arena Queens, NY Maui Invitational Tournament 4,098 FS1 53–75 0–2 11/19/2015 7:00 pm yes Loyola (MD) Retriever Activities Center Catonsville, MD 1,020 57–76 0–3 11/21/2015 7:00 pm yes yes Northern Colorado Bank of Colorado Arena Greeley, CO Maui Invitational Tournament Mainland 1,121 81–72 1–3 11/22/2015 12:00 pm yes yes Cal Poly Bank of Colorado Arena Greeley, CO Maui Invitational Tournament Mainland 475 65–78 1–4 11/25/2015 7:00 pm yes Navy Retriever Activities Center Catonsville, MD 941 54–75 1–5 11/28/2015 1:00 pm yes Colgate Retriever Activities Center Catonsville, MD 590 63–71 1–6 12/02/2015 8:00 pm yes yes Bowling Green Stroh Center Bowling Green, OH 2,019 ESPN3 64–72 1–7 12/05/2015 5:00 pm yes yes Longwood Willett Hall Farmville, VA 1,748 AmericaEast.tv 70–59 2–7 12/08/2015 7:00 pm yes yes Duquesne Palumbo Center Pittsburgh, PA 1,030 70–89 2–8 12/12/2015 1:00 pm yes Mount St. Mary's Retriever Activities Center Catonsville, MD 826 AmericaEast.tv 75–63 3–8 12/19/2015 7:00 pm yes yes Howard Burr Gymnasium Washington, D.C. 344 93–103 3–9 12/23/2015 2:00 pm yes yes Towson SECU Arena Towson, MD 1,224 65–91 3–10 12/31/2015 1:00 pm yes Maryland Eastern Shore Retriever Activities Center Catonsville, MD 1,231 AmericaEast.tv 89–75 4–10 01/02/2016 4:00 pm yes yes NJIT Fleisher Center Newark, NJ 510 83–86 4–11 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#000000; color:#ffb210;"| America East regular season 01/06/2016 7:00 pm no yes Albany SEFCU Arena Albany, NY 3,415 59–73 4–12 0–1 01/09/2016 1:05 pm Maine Retriever Activities Center Catonsville, MD 751 AmericaEast.tv 89–76 5–12 1–1 01/13/2016 7:05 pm yes Stony Brook Island Federal Credit Union Arena Stony Brook, NY 2,381 AmericaEast.tv 74–86 5–13 1–2 01/16/2016 12:00 pm UMass Lowell Retriever Activities Center Catonsville, MD 916 AmericaEast.tv 89–95 5–14 1–3 01/21/2016 7:00 pm Hartford Retriever Activities Center Catonsville, MD 697 AmericaEast.tv 87–98 5–15 1–4 01/24/2016 1:00 pm yes Vermont Patrick Gym Burlington, VT 1,925 AmericaEast.tv 72–79 5–16 1–5 01/27/2016 7:00 pm yes Binghamton Binghamton University Events Center Vestal, NY 2,013 AmericaEast.tv 57–66 5–17 1–6 01/30/2016 1:00 pm New Hampshire Retriever Activities Center Catonsville, MD 1,007 AmericaEast.tv 81–84 5–18 1–7 02/03/2016 7:00 pm Albany Retriever Activities Center Catonsville, MD 1,068 AmericaEast.tv 73–79 5–19 1–8 02/06/2016 12:00 pm yes Maine Portland Exposition Building Portland, ME 1,342 83–79 6–19 2–8 02/11/2016 7:00 pm Stony Brook Retriever Activities Center Catonsville, MD 1,247 AmericaEast.tv 52–75 21–4 12–0 02/14/2016 12:00 pm yes UMass Lowell Costello Athletic Center Lowell, MA 491 AmericaEast.tv 92–96 6–21 2–10 02/17/2016 7:00 pm yes Hartford Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion Hartford, CT 1,154 65–88 6–22 2–11 02/20/2016 7:00 pm Vermont Retriever Activities Center Catonsville, MD 1,389 AmericaEast.tv 54–99 6–23 2–12 02/24/2016 7:00 pm Binghamton Retriever Activities Center Catonsville, MD 938 AmericaEast.tv 80–79 OT 7–23 3–12 02/27/2016 1:00 pm yes New Hampshire Lundholm Gym Durham, NH 1,281 69–78 7–24 3–13 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#000000; color:#ffb210;"| America East tournament 03/02/2016 7:00 pm yes 8 Stony Brook 1 Island Federal Credit Union Arena Stony Brook, NY Quarterfinals 3,657 ESPN3 76–86 7–25 AP Poll Eastern Time http://www.umbcretrievers.com/sports/mbkb/2015-16/schedule 2015–16 UMBC Retrievers men's basketball schedule October 12, 2015 September 28, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150928220347/http://umbcretrievers.com/sports/mbkb/2015-16/schedule dead References UMBC Category:UMBC Retrievers men's basketball seasons UMBC Retrievers men's b UMBC Retrievers men's b